WHEN YOU THINK of the gay liberation movement, what state comes first to mind? California? New York? Massachusetts? Odds are, it probably isn’t Minnesota. Minnesota’s fascinating gay history reached its highest national profile in the late 1960’s and 70’s, thanks to the efforts of such pioneering activists as John Preston, Jack Baker and Michael McConnell, Thom Higgins, Steve Endean, Representative Karen Clark, and Senator Allan Spear.

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